Elizabeth Maxey seeks to add three more defendants to her original petition dated 6 March 1839. In the intervening six months, Maxey points out, two of the twelve "family negroes" have been sold under false pretenses. Maxey asserts that Theophilus Lacy "is now in possession of two of said negroes, namely, Caroline & Sam, claiming to own them." Lacy acquired the slaves "under a pretended purchase" from William Wilson and Robert Thompson. Wilson and Thompson, in turn, had each separately acquired one slave "under a pretended purchase at Sheriff's sale," where the slaves were sold "as the property of said William J. Gilbert." Maxey assures the court that William J. Gilbert "never had any interest in either of said negroes, except as is stated in her Original bill." She asks that Wilson, Thompson, and Lacy be subpoenaed and the court grant her "just & equitable" relief.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Madison County Public Library Archives, Huntsville, Alabama
